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Mr Paul Foster vs Sir James Cleverly

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 301 different votes 312 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Contributions
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API